Martin Shaffner

1787 - 1870  (83 years)

• Name	Martin Shaffner  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Jan 1787	Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Sep 1870	Crawford County, Ohio   [2]
  Burial	Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio   [2]
  Notes	Settled in Crawford County, Ohio in 1829; both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. At the time of the 1850 census, a Martin and Rebecsa Schaffner were living next to Ann Shaffner and John Cramer in Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio. FindAGrave notes that "he became somewhat of a legendary person in the Shaffner genealogy, often noted for his "three wives and 21 children." In fact, he was widowed three times and married four times. He is also known to have had more than 125 grandchildren, many of whom were born after his death, even though he lived to be 83. He also had more than 300 great-grandchildren. "
  Person ID	I6752	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Martin Shaffner, Sr.,   b. Bef 1762   d. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  Mother	Frances Halderman,   b. 30 Sep 1762   d. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann E. Wirt,   b. 10 Oct 1802, Pennsylvania d. 22 Sep 1831, Crawford County, Ohio (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Children	1. John Fleisher Shaffner,   b. 23 May 1829, Pennsylvania d. 6 Feb 1914 (Age 84 years)   2. Levi Shaffner,   b. Abt 1828   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ann Eve Shaffner,   b. 17 Sep 1830, Crawford County, Ohio d. 28 Mar 1901, Van Wert County, Ohio (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F3328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Jan 1787 - Pennsylvania Death - 17 Sep 1870 - Crawford County, Ohio Burial - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio Marriage - - Dauphin County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Family Archive CD #450 County and Family Histories: Ohio 1780-1970 (c) Broderbund Software, Inc October 31, 1998, Disk 4, Mercer Van Wert Counties p. 154 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 62963484 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 62963547 (Reliability: 3).